Packing material for journal-boxes and the like.



C. T. RIPLE PACKING MATERIAL F')R JOURNAL BOXES AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, I918.

3%., Patented Apr. 1, 1919...

CHARLES TRESCOTT RIPLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PACKING- MATERIAL FOR JOURNAL-BOXES AND THE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919..

Application filed July 22, 1918. Serial No. 246,218.

My invention relates to a product usable as a packing material for journal boxes, though probably susceptible of being used in other analogous situations.

The primary obj ect of the invention is toprovide an improved and inexpensive packing material for journal boxes or the like which have greater capillary and resilient qualities than the various forms of packing material now used, and which may be applied and used in accordance with the pres ent customs which have been established in connection with the use of woolen and cotton waste.

The packing material of my invention consists of a body of absorbent or capillary material such as woolen or cotton waste- (cotton being preferred for economy), having a plurality of coiled springs embedded in the said-waste to give it the necessary resiliency to hold it up against the under side of the journal. The co1l 'ed springs may be embedded in the waste 1n any suitable manner though they are preferably inserted by means of a screwing action which causes the coils of the springs to be interwoven with the waste. 1

The use of cotton waste alone as a packmaterial for journal boxes has not proved satisfactory in practice, because of the lack of resiliency of the waste when it is impregnated with oil. The use of woolen waste is preferable in this connection but this material is expensive and it has likewise failed to be entirely satisfactory, as its resiliency is insuflicient to. hold it up against thejournal at all times, thereby requir1ng considerable attention to keep it in proper working condition. Several attempts have been made to overcome these disadvantages, such, for example, as the provision of .the journal boxes with spring bottoms adapted to hold the material up against the under side evening of the journal. Such expedients, however, have proven impractical as they have a tendency to compress the waste in a manner to interfere with the capillary action and cause the packing to heat very quickly. Thesedevices are also very difiicult to maintain. By

the use of a plurality of coiled springs em- I bedded in the waste, the entire body of material is maintained in loose and open yet resilient condition, the wire coils serving as a resillent frame which prevents the interior of the waste from being over compressed while keeping the waste up against the journal.

A more thorough understanding of my invention may be had by referring to the accompanying drawing in which I have shown a packlng material, made in accordance with my invention, applied to a journal box of a railway car.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a journal box showing the packing material in position, and

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, 10 is one of the journals of a railway car, 11 the journal box and 12, 13'the journal brass and wedge, respectively, interposedbetween the journal and the top of the journal box. A twisted strip 14: ofthe packing material is preferably arranged, in accordance with the established custom, adjacent the space 15 interbetween the under side of the journal and the ournal box. This arrangement prevents dirt from entering the box through said space and also prevents any loose portions of the main body 16 of the packing from working through the space 15. The

coiled springs, designated in the drawing at cotton waste, as the case may be, in various or the like, comprising a mass of cotton 10 directions ,WlthOlll) any fixed relation to each waste having coiled wire springs interwoven other. therewith.

I claim: 3. A packing material for journal boxes,

5 1. A packing material for journal boxes, or the like, comprising a mass of threador the like, comprising a mass of absorbent like material havin capacity for absorbing 15 material having a plurality of open coiled a lubricant, and a p urality of coiled springs springs interwoven therein. interwoven with said material.

2. A packing material for journal boxes, I CHARLES TRES'COTT R'lPLEYr 

